Americans overestimate how many social media users post harmful content
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/12/pgaf310/8377954?login=false
#HackerNews #Americans #overestimate #how #many #social #media #users #post #harmful #content #socialmedia #research #perception #misinformation #harmfuleffects
⚠️ Alert on #Youtube's bombardment by #AI surrogate #influencers. Likely 1,000's of #misinformation channels run by who knows what malign actors.
For instance your popular #geopolitical analist cloned by #LLM #deepfake, with nothing that indicates this, or sometimes with an obfuscated disclaimer ("we're fans of").
Some vids are REALLY hard to discern from the real deal, esp. if you do not know the speaker upfront. Only a slight #UncannyValley tells.
Some channels have millions of subscribers.
Sen. Ron Johnson Endorses Book Touting Chlorine Dioxide's Unproven Health Benefits
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Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Wisconsin #Health #Misinformation #Congress #Senate #USPolitics
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I don’t read the news, but today I did, and it really got me thinking.
Internet culture has reshaped how we relate to knowledge. Alignment now seems to matter more than accuracy, and online, there is always some place, or some person, willing to offer alignment.
#Scotland #Internet #Knowledge #Truth #SocialMedia #News #Misinformation #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Culture #TV #UK
Want to sway an election? Here’s how much fake online accounts cost
https://www.science.org/content/article/want-sway-election-here-s-how-much-fake-online-accounts-cost
#HackerNews #fakeaccounts #electioninfluence #onlinepropaganda #misinformation #socialmedia
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I don’t read the news, but today I did, and it really got me thinking.
Internet culture has reshaped how we relate to knowledge. Alignment now seems to matter more than accuracy, and online, there is always some place, or some person, willing to offer alignment.
#Scotland #Internet #Knowledge #Truth #SocialMedia #News #Misinformation #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Culture #TV #UK
Sen. Ron Johnson Endorses Book Touting Chlorine Dioxide's Unproven Health Benefits
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Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Wisconsin #Health #Misinformation #Congress #Senate #USPolitics
#WTF! 😡
Vid by Prof Richard Wolff. Except its a full #AI re-creation of this guy. Collapsed description of the YT channel reads:
> Disclaimer: Heart To Wolf is an independent, fan-created channel and is not affiliated with Richard D. Wolff or any of his companies.
> By reimagining these messages through modern editing, narration, and presentation, we aim to help viewers connect emotionally and intellectually with the insights shared, without any intention to misrepresent the original views.
Just found another #Youtube channel, this one showing a deep fake #Varoufakis giving #geopolitical analysis, emulating perfectly the typical English accent he speaks with.
The channel which YT says originates in Canada, exists just for one month and has only 46 subscribers. But some vids are watched up to 2.5k times.
There's no disclaimer as a "fan site", the channel is pretending to be real.
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_nbkZ9ZiFI
(link made unclickable on purpose)
✋ Small digital frictions can slow the spread of misinformation
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-small-digital-frictions-misinformation.html
✋ Small digital frictions can slow the spread of misinformation
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-small-digital-frictions-misinformation.html
🕸️ Join us at the @w3c @w3cdevs #AuthenticWeb Workshop as part of the 🔍 Credible Web Community Group initiative on 🗓️ December 9th at 16:00 UTC!
We'll be presenting our work on Credibility Assessments and Contextual Insights 🌐 - exciting new features in dokieli that help readers assess the credibility of online content with #annotations and supplemental information via our browser extension.
Don't miss it! 👉 https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/f10ec76d-5894-49d0-892c-4cb6f8036a64/
#misinformation #credibility #factchecking #decentralization
🕸️ Join us at the @w3c @w3cdevs #AuthenticWeb Workshop as part of the 🔍 Credible Web Community Group initiative on 🗓️ December 9th at 16:00 UTC!
We'll be presenting our work on Credibility Assessments and Contextual Insights 🌐 - exciting new features in dokieli that help readers assess the credibility of online content with #annotations and supplemental information via our browser extension.
Don't miss it! 👉 https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/f10ec76d-5894-49d0-892c-4cb6f8036a64/
#misinformation #credibility #factchecking #decentralization
🇨🇦 👋 🚨 Hey Canada! Only 3 Days remaining to sign this petition to parliament: 👇
"We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to propose a bill to address the issue of perceived and actual misinformation being presented by MPs to the public, provided that such a bill could be informed by details outlined in the white paper proposed by the ICDR."
👉 Boosts appreciated--thanks
#Cdnpoli #Canpoli Canada
#Misinformation #Disinformation
#Legal
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6679
🇨🇦 👋 🚨 Hey Canada! Only 3 Days remaining to sign this petition to parliament: 👇
"We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to propose a bill to address the issue of perceived and actual misinformation being presented by MPs to the public, provided that such a bill could be informed by details outlined in the white paper proposed by the ICDR."
👉 Boosts appreciated--thanks
#Cdnpoli #Canpoli Canada
#Misinformation #Disinformation
#Legal
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6679
The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
RFK Jr.’s loathesome edits: CDC website now falsely links vaccines and autism
The site previously correctly noted that studies have repeatedly found no link.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/rfk-jr-s-loathesome-edits-cdc-website-now-falsely-links-vaccines-and-autism/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica
What is the "truth" depends on who is in control of the information. Different admins, different "truths." That is why we need educators, people who empower other people form their OWN reasoned opinions, not just indoctrinate them with dogma. We should always remember that the powers that be silenced even Galileo and that claims of mis/dis-information (heresy) can also be used to silence dissent and good science.
#misinformation #disinformation #dogma #ideology #control #science #reason #truth #biology #chemistry #immunology #psychology
The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
New @universityofgroningen #OpenAccess #publication in the spotlight:
➡️ Exploring concept creep: Youth’s portrayal of #ADHD on #TikTok
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100489
Read our interview with corresponding author Wietske de Vries:
#OpenScience #SocialSciences #Behavior #Algorithms #SocialMedia #Misinformation #MentalHealth #Research #PhD
I don't understand how
the people who want to protect their own sensitive information from corporations in order to stay safe and not become victims are deemed paranoid,
But the corporations demanding
to verify our identity asking for our legal name, gender, sex, date of birth, email, phone number, home address, location, IP address, MAC address, list of apps, purchase history, access to contacts, device model, official ID, passport, birth certificate, fingerprints, facial scan, palm scan, iris scan, preferred sleeping side, and underwear color are not? 🤨
@Em0nM4stodon You haven’t bought enough media, haven’t bought Trumpcoin, don’t own a platform that spreads misinformation and filters out truth, etc.
The narrative gets shaped by those who own information.
#bigtech #misinformation
